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brbposting@sh.itjust.worksto Europe@feddit.org•Romanian far-right candidate prematurely and falsely declares himself the winner of the election, proceeds to confuse the flags of Romania and ChadEnglish4·4 days agoAre you running something special?
It would be interesting to display the flag followed by the country code in a parenthetical.
brbposting@sh.itjust.worksto Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube's new ad strategy is bound to upset users: YouTube Peak Points utilise Gemini to identify moments where users will be most engaged, so advertisers can place ads at the point.English1·6 days agoYa @cattywampas@lemm.ee let’s send them complaints on this
They gotta give us a way to watch adfree without spying on us
“No, no… the robbery’s far too far to walk”
Wife not fren, fren?
brbposting@sh.itjust.worksto Technology@lemmy.world•“No Apple tax means we will lower prices” - Proton announces lower prices for users by up to 30% after US ruling against Apple feesEnglish7·16 days ago15% if you know about it, if you apply, if you get accepted
Good watch on this stuff, the recent court decision overall
Dude’s so vindicated. Apple lover who HATES their treatment of developers cases like this.
brbposting@sh.itjust.worksto Technology@lemmy.world•Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty AdsEnglish2·17 days agoYa!
Important to keep a semi-reasonable option in the major app stores, unless we want Social-Media-Tor dot Mirror or something to become the new hotness
brbposting@sh.itjust.worksto Fediverse@lemmy.world•Has The Reddit acknowledged the existence of Lemmy?English2·17 days agoThanks. Wonder about reach—if a post there went viral somehow, if it would be allowed to run its natural course onto r/all
Maybe so, such a small sub, might not have any “defenses” against it haha. hmm but suppose it could show in a trending sidebar at some point if they’re still doing that. Ah, guess we could test whether their threads ever get recommended when browsing similar threads on other subs.
Rando-mirror linker version btw:
https://farside.link/https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/
brbposting@sh.itjust.worksto Fediverse@lemmy.world•Has The Reddit acknowledged the existence of Lemmy?English3·17 days agoYa b/c it’s not plastered with ads, what’s even the point of this place if the advertisers haven’t swarmed it? :)
brbposting@sh.itjust.worksto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•I avoid approaching women in public because I believe it's inappropriate. My parents say that it's a necessary skill. Who is right?English4·17 days agoWhen one reads the room (or the… sidewalk? the coffee shop?), is clever, and well groomed, and all that…
It’s absolutely possible to speak to strangers in public regardless of whether they’re male or female or whatever. Furthermore, sometimes the immediate response is a positive one instead of a polite but obviously disinterested one.
But oh my GOODNESS do we have to be careful not to be an undue burden on others! (Note some scenarios can’t be helped—people who are DEATHLY afraid of ANYONE talking to them ever are in a bad spot, sorry to those folks, but you may have to ignore a polite sentence from me before I apologize/quickly move on.)
I don’t have good cold approach tips for random places in public, but in a nightclub, can be natural to follow this flow:
- comment on venue
- comment on artist
- comment on the person (the person herself)
Maybe it’s adaptable outside the clurb too.
Do know it definitely helps out there if she has a dog. Only speaking to people when there’s a genuinely natural conversation starter, like a cute dog, is probably pretty safe. Maybe “Whoh did you get that hat from <boutique down the street?>” when you’re actually curious. Curiosity shines through, as does your lack of need for a specific outcome, and can lead to good engagement from someone you’ve made comfortable and perhaps who’s chuffed to have had their fancy accessory complimented. (‘Oh actually my friend made it!’ = nice)
And maybe you’re already walking away as you’re talking, just making it so obvious how little a threat you are, how unlikely you are to be aggressive.
We’re allowed to “be excellent to each other” and we’re allowed to get rejected. Nothing like a good rejection, LOVE knowing I tried. Finally hey, some of earth’s 8 billion inhabitants were married in modern times solely thanks to the guy reasonably approaching a stranger, and none of us could tell his wife she was wrong not to reject him (or that he was a jerk for saying hi).
YOU GOT THIS!
Kindly,
brb
brbposting@sh.itjust.worksto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•I avoid approaching women in public because I believe it's inappropriate. My parents say that it's a necessary skill. Who is right?English4·18 days agoOh nooooo
So sorry those losers were not just losers but also abusers (no offense to good memories you have or good parts of them, if any, just covering my bases here b/c life’s complicated)
Would you like to try to build back some confidence here? Elderly folks can be so very sweet (and/or lonely). Next time you’re at a crosswalk and see someone who couldn’t even suddenly dive at you fast enough to make physical contact, you could broach a conversation.
stare at their phones
Maybe we’d rather, but it’s kinda killing us at least in a sense
Published today: https://www.afterbabel.com/p/on-the-death-of-daydreaming
tl;dr interrupting me when I’m on my phone is probably chill (maybe I’ll thank you, or excuse myself if I’m sending a work email/thing)
“Ninja” edit: before folks come @ me for the phone interruption thing (for good reason), mainly advocating for building up those small talk skills that abusers hampered through NO fault of your own
Ohhhh ya so not all bank apps work on e.g. Graphene making it dead in the water for people who, say, wanna have a single device that can do anything while traveling. Super bogus.
Thanks :)
:( tell me more?
Ah no
so you can only view a good chunk of the Internet if you pass verification
/
Constant CAPTCHAs
Get Google & Cloudflare to make the internet suck if you didn’t pay Microsoft[‘s vendors] “enough” for hardware
Just sounds great doesn’t it?!
Thinking for two seconds:
MS pays Google to start enforcing some device verification thing so you can only view a good chunk of the Internet if you pass verification? (Assumes Google goes even harder making the web Chrome-focused)
Ooh Cloudflare could be invited to the party here too. Constant CAPTCHAs if you’re not on an MS AUTHENTI-PC! device. (Think Private Access Token)
…fill in the gaps friends 😉 you know MS has already debated all your “suggestions” anyway
brbposting@sh.itjust.worksto Technology@lemmy.world•Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryptionEnglish2·19 days agoI think the vibe is kind of “works for grandma out of the box“, “someone in the small-but-mighty dev community made an [open-source] app for that”
Yeah frustrates me too but seeing it as a kind of culture would probably help me be less frustrated
Then Apple gets tiny bits of occasional flak for Sherlocking
brbposting@sh.itjust.worksto Technology@lemmy.world•Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryptionEnglish11·19 days agolol @moe90@feddit.nl posted and logged off, they have a life! (I gotchu moe)
Mod coulda fixed fix huh or maybe that’s dangerous
Might be down right now ( https://privacy.sexy/ )
Apple lets you do this with ebooks, then you turn off iCloud sync thinking it’ll just keep all the local copies you just individually downloaded…
nah deletes ‘em all